
I instantly liked and can#T add too much to what has been so competently said. So I'll furnish some facts:
Did you know there was a male and a female version of Eau de Patou?
Eau de Patou pour homme from 1976 is listed in the H&R Duftatlas from 1989 with these notes:
Top:Lemon, Lime (Bergamot, Mandarin, Basil, Aldehyde)
Middle:Jasmin, Patchouli (Iris, Clove, Fruit note, Cedarwood)
Base:Moss, Musk (Amber, Civet, Labdanum)
The presently discussed female version contains (according to parfyym.pri.ee):
Top: Sicilian Citrus, Guinea orange
Middle: Tunesian orange blossom, pepper, honeysuckle, Ylan Ylang, nasturtium
Base:Musk, Moss, Amber Civet
The midnote florals somehwat remind me of Dukes of Pall Mall Cotswold, though that has quite a different citrus top.
I do find Eau de Patou rather feminine in the middle courtesy of the pronounced Ylan Ylang notes. I like Ylan Ylang, thankfully and there is nothing suffocatingly heavy here, of course.
Those florals create a certain (hand)creamy sensation which I also get in Casran (no good), Sander Background, Esper Graphite (soso). Here it's quite pleasant, though I can't help seeing a well-groomed attractive woman in a pastel spring or summer outfit before me when smelling this. As foetidus says, it gets less feminine as it dries down. Wonderful, but I really would like to try the men's.